Melilotus indictis (L.) All.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part T), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 878-905 : 897

Trifolium indicum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 765. 1753.

"Habitat in India, Africa." RCN: 5638.

Lectotype (Ali in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 100: 309. 1977): Herb. Linn. No. 930.2 ( LINN) .

Current name: Melilotus indictis (L.) All. ( Fabaceae : Faboideae ).

Note: Specific epithet spelled " M. indica " [ “M.” for “Melilotus”] in the protologue. Later corrected to T. indicum in Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1176 (1759). As is established custom, the “Melilotus” is to be ignored (see Art. 23.8 and Ex. 19).